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Hmm, I can only remember what I've read at school since year 10, but oh well. Year 10: The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini- I really loved this book, and I think it was the one that actually turned me into an avid reader. Romeo & Juliet, by William Shakespeare- This one was a pretty average...

"The Salinas Valley is in Northern California." -East of Eden, by John Steinbeck The very simple opening line to an amazing book.

Cloudstreet is pretty much my favourite novel. I have not yet gotten to read any on Winton's other novels, besides Lockie Leonard which I read for year 8 english (anyone else who's read this book will know that many parts of this book can come as quite a shock to a 13 year old).

Shaver Razorback Palin I can live with that.

Arctic Monkeys- No Buses

My English class officially began reading this book a few days ago. So far, I'm really quite enjoying it- although it seems I'm the only one. Most of the class (and we've only just gotten into it) spend the whole time saying things like "What's going awnnn??" and "Can you (the teacher) explain...

I recently watched 'About Schmidt'. Wonderful story, wonderful acting and just a great movie, really. You can't really go wrong with Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates, though.

Yes. I have about 1 million ideas just floating around pointlessly in my mind- no doubt waiting to be expressed. Unfortunately, when it comes to actually writing short stories with these ideas, I seem to only get so far and then move on to other ideas, leaving me with nothing more than a long...

I'm about to start reading Wuthering Heights for school. I'm actually quite looking forward to it, as I've not read any of the Brontë sister's novels. Although I must say, I'm not a big romance guy.

Orlando: A Biography, Virginia Woolf I've not finished this yet, but I should be done with it tonight. Great novel.

Just signed up here. Found this site through Google. My name's Sam, and that's really the only interesting thing about me, haha.